Displayed in the Main Corridor of the Great Exhibition, 1851.
Commissioned by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria (probably payment dated 5 January 1852, £242 2s, PA Ledgers 1852/175)

Description:

This jewel cabinet is a proud dynastic statement incorporating the Queen’s favourite image of the Prince, the Royal and Saxe-Coburg arms, and portraits of their six children born before 1851. Designed in the form of a large reliquary, the cabinet was Elkington’s most important exhibit at the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace.